Communication Styles among Malaysian Graduate Students

The communication styles of Malay, Chinese and Indian adults have not been thoroughly investigated and are, therefore, not we11 understood. The purpose of this study is to identify the communication styles of Malay, Chinese and Indian adults, and the relationship of self-construal and demography factors with communication style. A sample of 256 graduate students at UPM participated in the survey using nonrandom quota sampling. A self-administered questionnaire was used as a research instrument, and a drop and pick-up method was used to collect the relevant data. The statistical techniques used to analyze the data were descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA and MANCOVA. The findings of this study suggest that a friendly style is predominant among the Malay adults, an attentive style is more predominant among the Chinese adults, and, friendly and animated styles are marked among the Indian adults. The results showed that self-construal is a good predictor of communication styles with independent self-construal a better predictor of communication styles than interdependent self-construal. The results also showed that age, gender and religion are poor predictors of communication styles

Trichinella spiralis: specificity of ES antigens from pre-encysted larvae

Excretory/secretory (ES) antigens were obtained by culturing pre-encysted Trichinella spiralis larvae which were recovered from muscles of experimentally infected mice 14-15 days postinfection. Analyses of these antigens (PEL ES) with immunoblotting, SDS-PAGE and Triple Antibody ELISA showed that they yielded a low sensitivity and specificity when tested with antisera against the common nematodes of Chinese pigs. As compared to ES antigens from encysted larvae, PEL ES also contained more low molecular mass proteins.published_or_final_versio

An interactive mobile learning system for generic wireless networks

This paper describes how a simple interactive mobile learning system, originally developed for the 2G system, evolved to a system for the 3G (TD-SCDMA) system, then to a system for the WiFi access system and finally become a generic Interactive Wireless Mobile Learning System which can be used in any wireless networks. The system designs in different stages of evolution are presented. To promote mobile learning and celebrate the Beijing 2008 Olympics, the Wireless Mobile Learning System was modified to become a tool used in an Inter-School Mobile Quiz Contest with participation of 17 secondary and primary schools and the results were very successful and encouraging.published_or_final_versionThe 5th IEEE GCC Conference & Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, 17-19 March 2009. In Proceedings of the IEEE - GCC Conference & Exhibitio